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Letters Patent No.A 77,536, dated .May 5, V1868.

IMPROVED SOAP-lOLDBR.

die Stlphiile nient in im ligue ghiera @anni mit mating gmt if tigetame. I

TO ALL TOWHOM THESE PRESENTS' SHALL COME:

Bo it known that I, MARK SAFFBD, lof Boston, in the county of' Suffolk,and Commonwealth of Messnchnsetts, have invented nl new and usefulSoup-Holder, or means of retainingzt cake of soep in convenio-itproximity to a. persons hand while washing and do hereby declare thefollowing tol be a. fullyeiear, und exact description thereof, duereference being had to thenccompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification,

Figure 1 is tperspective view, end

Figure 2 n. vertical section of a. soap-holder as I intend tovconstructit.

My present invention is of that class which reletes 'te means forholding a cake of soap'in convenient proximity te c. persons hund whilewashing nt a.' tch, of 'other vessel, und which vis oiiixed to orremoved from such vessel-at pleasure or as occasion requires; the objectof this invention being to provide greater secnrityer n -more firmsupport for the devies when xed upon the vessel thun hns been heretoforeaccomplished, es well as ter-lionr the water resulting from the drainageolf the soap to Bow into the tub or vessel, instead of upon the floor. lV, I

The invention consists in e Het plete, constructed preferably of eastmetal, and enclosed upon its three outer sides with o. raised ledgefforpreventing the seep from slipping therefrom, such plate being providedon its under side with a. means oi' attachment to thelvessel,substantially nshereinniter described.

" In the drewi'ngsnceempenying this specification, a denotes n flatplete, mndc,.ns before observed, preform hlyof cast metal, end es beingenclosed upon its three outer sides, with a raised ledge, b, such ledgeserving to prevent thesoap from slipping olf the plete.A

The inner edge of the .plete a is to be provided witha series of teeth,cy e, te., or their equivalents, for

i preventing slipping of the soap fromthe plete atth-is side, while 4thcinterstices, d cl, 85e., between the teeth,

allow of a drainage of the soap, and of the escape of the water from thcsoap into the tub or vessel to which the I device is attached.

Furthermore, the inner cdgeof `the plate a, and et the centre of thesume, or thcreuhouts, is constructed, with two depending projections erfeet, e e,V at n small distance apart, these feet servingto clasp theinner face of-the upper edge ofthe vessel, and disposed with respect tothe uppersurface of tho plete in such manner us to holdthe plete nt nvslight horizontal inclination outward, in order to insure c {low ofwater fromthe soup toward the vessel. v f.,

The means of clamping the device to the vessel consists, in connectionwith'thefeet -e el of n' b01t,f, freely in supports g g', hanging fromthe under side of the plete a, and centr-illy thereof, the inner end 'ofsuch bolt, and in advance of the support 1., heingfurn'ished with eneur, h, as represented, the bolt and onrbeing advancedtownrd the feet ee, by kthe action of a coiled spring, i, which encompasses the bolt, andis disposed sliding between the supports q g, the inner end of suchspringbearing against a collnr,j, fixed to the holt, and its oppositeend shutting against the support y.

The holtf allows the device tonccomrnodatc itself to vessels whose sides-vnryli-n thickness.

A s its inode of epplicntion und its use is so simple, and will soreadily manifest itself to intelligent persons, .furthertexplnnation isnot considered necessary. 1

What I constler to be novel, and ns of my invention, nn'd desire vtosecurehy Letters Pn'tent ofthe United i The combination, with thesonp-dish, land one or more projections or legs c ethereon, of :t holtor clamp, and spring for actuating the same, arranged :ind operating inconnecting .with the sud legs, substantially in the manner and for' the'purposes shown :ind set forth.

l MARK SAFFORD. .Witnesses FRED. Cnnrrs,

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